git clean -fd does not clean Junctions/Symlinks

[larsxschneider]

#607 might be related.

Setup

git version 2.11.0.rc3.windows.1
sizeof-long: 4
machine: x86_64

(I got the same behaivor for git 2.8 / 2.9 / 2.10 on Windows)

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]

Details

Consider this test script in CMD:

git --version
git init .
git config --local core.symlinks true   # I tried true/false here 
echo $null >> test1.txt
git add .
git commit -m "test"
mklink /J link C:
git clean -fd
git status

I expect git clean to remove the unstaged Junction but instead I get the following:

On branch master
Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

        link/

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

Is this behavior by intention or a bug?

Thanks,
Lars

[dscho]

Junction points are intentionally not handled as if they were symbolic links. See #437 (comment) (or for that matter, all of @kblees' insightful comments on that PR) for details.